Originally Posted by
Jetjok
Gunter,
You really don't get it, do you? Being junior at any airline sucks. And you can be sure that being junior at FedEx doesn't suck any more than it does at Delta, American, UPS, etc, etc. Most passenger carrying airlines feature 3 or 4 departures a month, for a much larger percentage of their crew force, and why would you bother to mention the "30-45 hour carryover lines?" Everyone knows, perhaps except you, that being senior at an airline comes with some perks, while being junior doesn't offer those same good deals. Didn't anyone ever tell you that life isn't always fair?
JJ
Why so grumpy JJ? Gunter is pretty much right, the gap between junior and senior schedule-wise is greater here than it is at most pax carriers. Most pax carriers do feature primarily 3 or 4 day trips (at least domestically) and the biggest difference in terms of senior vs. junior is often working weekdays vs. weekends or holidays. Sometimes it's also redeyes, or cdo's depending on the carrier, but mostly the trips are very similar. Destination wise, if you're junior at FDX there are cities you'll never see unless you get lucky in open time, get assigned on reserve, or get it in the view/add window. At pax carriers, you pretty much go everywhere the company flies, you just may not go on the day of the week you'd prefer or have the longer layover. As for carryover, it is a perk coveted by many that takes awhile to get and there really isn't anything like it at most pax carriers credit wise because of the shorter trips and sometimes because of cap and bank rules.